Finland: Icebreaker strike cancelled, ports to stay open over Easter
A dispute between icebreaker crew and their employer will not now shut Finnish ports on Thursday after the two sides
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In Arctic, Norway steps on the gas
Gas production in northern Norwegian waters is steadily making its way. But more discoveries and new infrastructure are needed for
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Alaska’s financial dilemma: The state dependence on oil begins
Oil taxes and royalties have been the source of about 90 percent of Alaska’s unrestricted general revenues, but with oil
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Murmansk, Russia: Transport hub trouble, again
The development of the Murmansk Transport Hub might be in jeopardy as costs swell and a key private investor seeks
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Russia’s northernmost coal-producing region experiences decline
Russia’s northernmost coal-producing region in 2014 experienced hardship and decline. Figures from Patchwork Barents, a regional data portal, show that coal production
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Number of Russian Christmas tourists to Finland plummets
Some 75,500 accommodation nights for Russians were registered in the past December. This is a drop of 52 percent as
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Finland’s real estate market forecast to slump in 2015
Finland’s real estate market is set to continue to slide this year, according to a new report. Investors are more
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New guidelines for polar shipping
As more and more ships travel through polar waters, new training guidelines for their masters, navigators, and crews have been
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Stymied in the Lower 48, Alberta floats idea of moving tar-sands oil through Alaska
Officials in the Canadian province of Alberta say they hope to talk to Alaska leaders about shipping tar-sands crude oil
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Controversial Russian politician to head Artic commission
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin is said to become head of Russia’s new commission for Arctic issues. The commission will
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Russian property purchases in Finland at near-standstill
The economic crisis in Russia has affected Finland in many ways already, now in the form of new cabin purchases
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Norwegian bank loses 300 million in Murmansk, Russia
Murmansk was seen as an up-and-coming market for banks in Norway. Now they all flee the region with multi-million losses. The
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Keystone XL: Bad for Alaska Crude?
The fight over the Keystone XL Pipeline is likely to heat up in Congress this week. Senate Bill 1 would
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Will Barents oil investments be financial disaster?
TROMSØ: To drill or not to drill, that’s the Arctic Frontiers question of the year. Investor Jens-Ulltveit-Moe warns Troms and
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New Russian oil fields along Barents ice edge
Gazprom Neft gets a 83,000 square kilometer oil license area in the northern part of the Barents Sea. As oil
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